Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution

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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Admissions Clause
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution
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gptkbp:powers gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:ratifiedBy June 21, 1788
gptkbp:requiresConsentOf gptkb:United_States_Congress
state legislatures concerned
gptkbp:subject admission of new states
formation of new states
gptkbp:text New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
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